The working group at the level of deputy prime ministers of the governments of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on the development of Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday, January 30, held its first meeting in Moscow. This was reported by the press service of the Russian government with reference to the deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Alexei Overchuk.
Russia was represented in the negotiations by Overchuk, Mher Grigoryan arrived in the Russian capital from Armenia, and Shahin Mustafayev from Azerbaijan.
“During the meeting, the main directions of joint work arising from the implementation of paragraph 9 of the Statement of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation dated November 9, 2020, as well as paragraphs 2, 3, 4 of the Statement dated January 11, 2021 were considered. “, – the message says.
According to Overchuk, the parties agreed to complete the formation of two expert subgroups by February 2, 2021. The first will deal with issues related to rail, road and combined transport, and the second will deal with issues of ensuring transport, including security, border, customs, sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary and other types of control.
The first meetings of the expert subgroups should take place before February 5, 2021.
In addition, the parties agreed to hold the next meeting of the trilateral Working Group in Moscow. Its date will be agreed by the co-chairs.
The fact that the first meeting of the trilateral working group on the development of Nagorno-Karabakh will be held before January 30, was said in a statement adopted following the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on January 11.
The hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh ended on November 10, 2020 after the signing of a trilateral agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. It was signed on November 9th. The document also provides for the introduction of Russian peacekeepers into the region, the exchange of prisoners between the parties to the conflict, the transfer of a number of regions of the region by Armenia to Azerbaijan and the return of refugees to Karabakh.